The beautiful Maldives

well, I’m finally here after quite a long trip. The bad news – my luggage didn’t make it with us. The good news – this place is absolutely gorgeous – even better than I had imagined.

We didn’t get upgraded to a higher room category but I’m pleased with the beach villa – it’s massive and has everything that we need to enjoy our stay.

The sticker shock of the food prices still hasn’t settled in – we met a guy who went to the underwater restaurant for lunch – the cheapest bottle of wine he could find was $110 so he drank the whole bottle. With food and gratuity his bill was $300!